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Quorum-sensing and cheating in bacterial biofilms

The idea from human societies that self-interest can lead to a breakdown of cooperation at the group level is sometimes termed the public goods dilemma. We tested this idea in the opportunistic bacterial pathogen, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, by examining the influence of putative cheats that do not coop...

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Autores principales: Popat, Roman, Crusz, Shanika A., Messina, Marco, Williams, Paul, West, Stuart A., Diggle, Stephen P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3497100/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23034707
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.1976